Pronounciate - Dynamic Interfaces

an example of a rarely used English word for which probably no average person knows the correct pronunciation.

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Players only have a few moments to think before they must pronounce

The first of three group projects for a course called Dynamic Interfaces taught by Jamie Kosoy of Big Spaceship (great class!) The assignment was to make a humor site and have the content or goal of the site content dictate whether it was an app, a website or a web app. We settled on a website inspired by the pronunciation manual youtube videos created in response to the pronunciation book youtube videos. how to pronounce hors d'oeuvres is a favorite from the manual. I was in charge of design and modeled the header and theme after the silhouette pronunciation sequences from the Electric Company.

The user has 3 seconds to pronounce and record that pronunciation of a most likely unfamiliar english word. Humor ensues when the recording is automatically played back to the user and then the user is invited to record more and shore their recordings. We conducted user testing with both native and non-native english speakers and found both group found the premise fun and educational. yay!